Osceola High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Osceola, NE)

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Roger Carlson Cal Coffin Duane Gabriel Jim Green Byron Nelson Leo Potter 27 Marv Simonsen Ed Wieseman Evan Wieseman

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BACK ROW: Ed Wieseman, Duane Gabriel, Lynn Boden, Byron Nelson, Leo Potter, Marv Simonsen. SECOND ROW: Mr. Gordon, Pat Tindall, Evan Wieseman, Cal Coffin, Jim Carlson, Dick Wyman, Randy Neujahr, Scott Walgren, Mr. Bartek, Dan Daily. FIRST ROW: Jim Green, Larry Neujahr, Roger Carlson, Ron Boruch, Terry Anderson. 1970 Thinclads Rewrite History Pages Seventeen boys under Coaches Gordon and Bartek rewrote much of the Osceola High School track and field annals during the spring of 1970. Meet titles gained included those earned at the Polk County competition, the Big Swede Relays, and the Goldenrod Conference event. New school standards established by squad members were: 220— yd. dash-Randy Bond—22.9, 440-yd. dash-Cal Coffin-50.1, 880-yd. run-Cal Coffin-2:01.2, two-mile run-Duane Gabriel—8:21.1, the 880-yd. relay- Randy Bond, Cal Coffin, Ed Wieseman, and Evan Wieseman-1:34.6, and the two-mile relay-Cal Coffin, Jim Green, Byron Nelson, and Leo Potter-8:21.1. SEASON RECORD MEET Osceola-Henderson Dual Henderson Relays Polk County PLACING 1st 5th 1st Knights of Columbus 9th Osceola, placing second in the district meet held at Fremont, was one of three “C” schools in Nebraska to qualify seven entrants in state competition. Accumulating 11 points Big Swede Relays 1st at this meet, OHS now boasts the 1970 Class C 440-yd. dash champion. Cal Coffin. Other tallies were contributed by Kearney Invitational 10th the second-place two-mile relay team (Cal Coffin, Jim Green, Byron Nelson, and Leo Potter) and by Duane Gabriel who finished fifth in the two-mile run. Also participat- Goldenrod Conference 1st ing in the Kearney competition were Randy Bond, a qualifier in the 100-yd. dash, and Marv Simonsen. The end of Clarks-Polk-Osceola Triangular 1st the track season marked, too, the ends of two coaches’ careers—Don Bartek and Charles Gordon, proclaimed the District C-2 2nd “winningest coaches,” both vacated their positions on the faculty. State 7th 26

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BACK ROW: Mike Ienn, Mike Larson, Bryce Anderson, Mr. Gordon, Bill Norton, Jim Green, Ron Girard. FIRST ROW: Roger Carlson, Andrew Kreslia, Russ Jacobsen, Mike Treffer, Duane Hahn, Mike Burgess. Bulldogs Broaden Athletic Program The Osceola School Board’s approval of the introduction of wrestling into the high school athletic program was yet another “first” during the 1969-70 year. Its purposes were outlined as providing more competition and expanding intersquad activities. Many area schools have adopted this program since its state-wide inception four years ago. District and state events do exist, however, competition has not been organized at the conference levels. The season normally extends from the close of the gridiron season to mid-February. Though local action was delayed until the end of December, the boys were able to participate in a nine-team match held at Clarks where junior Andrew Kreslia and senior Randy Bond gathered seven points for OHS through their fourth-place finishes; the champion was Utica Centennial. Coach Gordon expressed a hope for the involvement of those students not interested in either football or basketball; he felt that the grapplers as well as the spectators would have to familiarize themselves with the rules, the technique, and the philosophy of the sport for amateur, competitive wrestling differs much from the commercialized activity. 28